Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2001/09

From: Ann H Satterfield <annhsatt@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] improvisation & ornamentation (was, ornamentation for Keith)
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:38:39 -0400

Dan,

Thank you for your excellent post to Keith about [ornamenting] Mozart.
Thanks to Keith for revisit of a good topic. Having encouragement to
[orn. or imp.] makes Mozart even more lively and fun to play.

re: number 6:
You are probably correct in your distinction of the terms ornamentation
and improvisation, it still feels backwards to me.

And i also notice that Sean also uses the term ornament (quoted below).
Since he plays wonderfully, is knowledgeable AND a composer, maybe the
distinction is different than your definition. Sean?

I learned the word improvisation in the jazz context, and a improv will
not generally have much recognizable original melody. In other words,
there is a very strong element of composition. Typical notation for a
jazz solo is the chord progression.

In that sense, improvisation is too strong a word for what I will do even
when allowing play and impulse (and I hope taste) when playing Mozart's
repeats.

Dan may be correct.
I just want to be sure I need to make the change in terms.

thanks,
Ann

Ann Satterfield
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Central Florida~~~~~~~
Principal clarinet, Imperial SO & Music Manager, ISO
Adjunct Faculty & Instrumental Assistant PolkCC

On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 10:19:10 -0700 Sean <feanor33@-----.com> writes:
> Kieth,
>
> I don't know about sites to read about interpretation or
> ornamentation, but
> you could hear my performance at www.mp3.com/metopera/ There is
> ornamentation on repeats, and the strings played well (though they
> wouldn't ornament, much to my dismay)
>
> Sean Osborn, Metropolitan Opera, retired

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